One of the biggest advantages of a JellyFish Lighting system is the app. Instead of climbing a ladder to change colors or swap out strands, you control everything from your phone — or with your voice. Here's a complete walkthrough of what the JellyFish app can do and how it integrates with your smart home.
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App Overview
The JellyFish Lighting app is cloud-based, meaning your settings are synced across devices and accessible from anywhere. You can control your lights from your couch, from the office, or from vacation. The app is available on both iOS and Android and connects to your JellyFish controller via Wi-Fi.
Setup is handled during installation — your DFW LED Pro installer configures the controller, connects it to your home network, and walks you through the app before they leave. You'll be controlling your lights within minutes.
Color Control
The JellyFish app gives you access to the full RGB+W color spectrum. That means 16.7 million color combinations, plus dedicated white LEDs ranging from 2700K warm white (soft, warm glow) to 10000K cool white (crisp daylight).
Key color features:
- Color wheel picker: tap anywhere on the wheel to select any color
- Dedicated white slider: true white light from dedicated LEDs, not RGB-mixed approximations
- Brightness control: dim from 0–100% for any color or white level
- Per-light control: set individual lights to different colors for complex patterns
- Color temperature: warm whites for everyday ambiance, cool whites for modern/security looks
Why dedicated white matters: Most competitors use RGB mixing to create white, which produces a tinted, unnatural look. JellyFish's dedicated white LEDs produce true, clean white light that looks like actual architectural lighting.
Presets and Patterns
The app includes a library of pre-built lighting presets for every occasion:
- Holiday presets: Christmas (red/green, candy cane, icicle), Halloween (orange/purple), 4th of July (red/white/blue), Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and more
- Sports team colors: Cowboys, Mavericks, Rangers, Stars, TCU, and custom team combos
- Animated patterns: chase, fade, twinkle, wave, rainbow cycle, and breathing effects
- Everyday looks: warm white accent, cool white security, soft amber, and custom ambiance settings
You can also create and save unlimited custom presets. Design a color scheme once, save it, and recall it with one tap anytime. Many DFW homeowners keep 5–10 presets for different occasions — game day, date night, pool party, everyday, and seasonal holidays.
Scheduling and Automation
The scheduling feature lets you automate your lighting without thinking about it:
- Daily schedules: set lights to turn on at sunset and off at midnight automatically
- Different schedules per day: brighter on weekends, dimmer on weeknights
- Seasonal automation: schedule holiday colors weeks in advance
- Sunrise/sunset sync: lights adjust to actual daylight times in DFW
Most homeowners set a "set it and forget it" schedule: warm white accent from sunset to 11 PM on weeknights, and their favorite color scheme on weekends. Then they change presets manually only for special occasions.
Zone Management
If your installation includes multiple zones, you can control each zone independently. For example:
- Front roofline: warm white accent every evening
- Back roofline: off during the week, party colors on weekends
- Patio lights: dim amber for dinner, brighter white for grilling
- Garage accent: cool white for security
Each zone has its own color, brightness, schedule, and preset settings. You can also group zones together to control the entire house with one tap.
Smart Home Integration
JellyFish integrates with the major smart home platforms:
Amazon Alexa
"Alexa, set the front lights to Christmas." "Alexa, turn off the patio lights." Voice control works for on/off, presets, brightness, and basic color changes.
Google Home
"Hey Google, dim the roofline to 50%." Same voice control capabilities as Alexa, integrated through the Google Home ecosystem.
Control4
For homeowners with professional home automation, JellyFish integrates with Control4. This means your exterior lighting can be part of larger scenes — "Movie Night" dims the patio lights, "Goodnight" turns everything off, "Party" activates your custom color scheme across the whole house.
IFTTT and Automation
Advanced users can connect JellyFish to IFTTT for creative automations: flash your team's colors when they score, pulse blue when it's going to rain, or turn on security lighting when your Ring doorbell detects motion.
Power User Tips
- Create a "Welcome Home" preset with warm, inviting colors and trigger it from your car
- Use the timer feature to automatically turn off party lights at midnight so you don't forget
- Set seasonal schedules ahead of time — program Halloween colors in September, Christmas in November
- Share app access with family members so everyone can control the lights
- Use dim warm white as a security light — it's subtle enough to not bother neighbors but bright enough to deter intruders